BILE SALT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A salt of bile acid and a base; functions as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("bile salt" is a kind of...):

salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))

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